I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to … - Anthony Trollope

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All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days. . . nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

Anthony Trollope

I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

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There was but one thing for him;- to persevere till he got her, or till he had finally lost her. And should the latter be his fate, as he began to fear that it would be, then, he would live, but live only, like a crippled man.

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Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.

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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.

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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

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